what is this YouTube?

Usually i just did the trick where if you change the video before the ad starts then back to the previous video again, the ad automatically skips. Now it's almost like no matter what you do, the ad always plays, you can no longer use the quick video change trick.

If you change or close video then back at it again, the ad only restarts and there is no way that you can trick it, you must watch the ad

Andypants hates GTA 6 for being a feminist slop. The most damning thing of all is: making a game with Al Generated CSAM dedicated his own daughter and HE CLEARLY DENIES IT ACCORDING TO THE POST ABOVE!! I AM SO SICK OF THIS ASSHOLE STILL SCOTT FREE DESPITE OF EVERYTHING!!

andy needs to go gng

I feel like ts only make saving videos more difficult and i dont like it. Imo 🥲

Has anyone else noticed an insane increase in ads lately to point where it’s borderline unwatchable? I’m talking every two minutes, maybe it’s just the creators I’m watching but even then I didn’t think youtube allowed that many midrolls per video.

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Ik YouTube does seem to increase the number of ads you watch but this is next level. I have gotten 3 ad breaks(6 ads in total) 4 minutes into the video.This is just sad and it isn't even letting me watch the video properly.

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Previously, if you got an ad upon entering a video you can simply just exit the video and re-enter it to skip the ads completely over 3 tries at most and saves less than 5 seconds which is faster than just skipping the video as normal.

But now, the same method is impossible to replicate, did they patch it?

like on shorts maybe this makes sense but if this is a thing on long form vids I'm actually so done bro 😭

The past 3 days *every single* ad I’ve gotten has been related to politics.

Can't see anyone else's messages, and anything I send doesn't work either

This UI is an absolute mess. The search bar has a nested 'Ask YouTube' button, but is represented by the YouTube Shorts icon. There is another nested button that I can't identify, but looks like a podcast icon. It doesn't do anything and has no hover text. Outside the search bar is the Voice Search option. Create is now a lightbulb. And maybe worst of all, Notifications has been replaced with a volume indicator.

Who designed this?

im genuinely curious at what the rules around youtube ads are, i saw like a spreadsheet for it a couple months ago but i can’t remember what was in it.

i was about two minutes in watching a video that’s approximately 40 minutes long, and i get two ads, the first being a kid playing minecraft for AN HOUR!?! wtf

Genuinely who thought removing titles was a good idea, I can't find shit when I search